I can't believe it. Sandy Berger claims to have inadvertently discarded classified information! A long time ago, in the previous century, I worked for a defense contractor. I didn't have a security clearance, but I had to learn all the rules for handling it, just in case. If I ever broke one of these rules, losing my job would be the least of my problems.
#1 rule: You're responsible for it, only viewing it if you need to know, and for protecting it.
#2 rule: You're not to take it out of secure areas without following very strict rules regarding keeping it safe.
This sounds very serious. Either Sandy Berger is incapable of handling secure documents, or he was intentionally trying to hide evidence from the 9/11 commission.
Posted by Joel Fuhrmann at July 21, 2004 12:32 PM